Keeping wicket takes a keen eye and cool nerves. Read on as Matthew Warren, CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia fails on both counts. In having a crack at Bruce Dinham – the former ETSA boss we reported on in our last post – Matt takes his eye off the ball and lets … Continue reading Matt Warren lets a couple slip past
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We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
It’s only a RORT if you’re not in on it
**** South Aussies aren’t well served when it comes to media scribes. The Advertiser was once a mighty broad-sheet, but these days it’s a struggling down market tabloid that - as a source of news - makes for a pretty decent fish and chip wrapper. But – slowly – the journos there are waking up … Continue reading It’s only a RORT if you’re not in on it
Australia’s “Greens” unveil their 5 Year Plan for your Country
STT sees Christine Milne as the “Capo dei Capi” of Australian greentards – and she’s at it again. **** Not content with throwing a mere $10 billion of our hard earned cash at Spanish wind outlaws like Acciona and Union Fenosa, Milne wants to throw another $20 billion at them. What’s that you say about … Continue reading Australia’s “Greens” unveil their 5 Year Plan for your Country
Origin Chief gives the RET a mighty serve
Grant King is the CEO of a REAL energy company - not one drawn up from the bones of a corporate wreck like Babcock and Brown, say, or one that was put together to flog its own turbines like Suzlon RePower - the outfit behind the ridiculous Ceres project. **** Origin is the 300lb Gorilla … Continue reading Origin Chief gives the RET a mighty serve
Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”
STT likes a good news story and LOVES a GREAT news story - and here's one. In proof the end is nigh, the wind weasels behind yet another plan for Tablelands Terror have just pulled the plug on the wind factory they had proposed for Golspie, near Goulburn, NSW. STT takes delight in posting this … Continue reading Another one bites the dust! Golspie a “gonner”
Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show
Dr Alan Moran was one of the stars of our National Rally. Yesterday, Alan joined another Alan - who has a little radio show that more than just a few Australians tune into each morning. Syndicated through over 77 Stations and with more than a million listeners Countrywide - AJ as he's known - is … Continue reading Alan Moran on the Alan Jone’s Show
UK wind power “jobs” a “snip” at £100,000 a piece
Wind power has failed to deliver what it promised The Telegraph 16 June 2013 The wind-power industry is expensive, passes costs on to the consumer and does not create many jobs in return. Today, The Sunday Telegraph reveals how many “green jobs” the wind-power industry really generates in exchange for its generous subsidies. The figures … Continue reading UK wind power “jobs” a “snip” at £100,000 a piece
Mad Max back to fight for Silverton
When Mad Max last visited the country around Silverton, New South Wales, his fellow travelers complained about it being a "wasteland" - and - fair enough - that was - after all - post nuclear apocalypse. AGL are keen to turn a great cinematic yarn into reality - with plans to lob a hundred giant … Continue reading Mad Max back to fight for Silverton
Rally – Peter Quinn
Our last speaker at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally on June 18, 2013 at Parliament House, Canberra, was Peter Quinn, a Barrister from South Australia. Peter grew up on a sheep and cropping farm in the shadow of Mount Bryan in the Mid-North of South Australia. Four generations of his family still live in … Continue reading Rally – Peter Quinn
Rally – Dr Alan Moran
Next at the National Wind Power Fraud Rally on June 18, 2013 at Parliament House, Canberra, was Dr Alan Moran from the Institute of Public Affairs. Alan is an energy economy expert and argues that we are destroying our natural economic advantage by throwing 20-30 billion dollars a year, the equivalent of the Australian Defence … Continue reading Rally – Dr Alan Moran
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